Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- A total of 2,198 people died with Covid-19 symptoms in the last seven months from March 22 to October 17 across the country, according to a latest report.

Of them, at least 2 died between October 4 to October 17, which was the lowest weekly figure since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, showed the report prepared by a project styled 'Bangladesh Peace Observatory (BPO)' under Centre for Genocide Studies at Dhaka University.

According to the BPO report, the months of August, July and June saw 200, 309 and 843 Covid-19-like deaths respectively.

The highest number of deaths with coronavirus symptoms was recorded in the week between June 21 and June 27 when a total of 222 people died.

The peace observatory project ha...